Site Reliability Engineer — Junior​/Journeyman

SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEER — JUNIOR / JOURNEYMAN

OSAAVA Services | SDVOSB | DoD & Federal Contracts

• Location:
  
  INDOPACOM, Oahu, Hawaii — On-Site, 5 Days/Week
• Schedule:
  
  Monday–Friday | Full-Time (40 hrs./wk.) or Part-Time (20 hrs./wk.)
• Openings: 2 Positions (1 Full-Time, 1 Part-Time)
• Level: Junior – Journeyman (1–5 years of experience)
• Start Date:
  
  TBD
• Clearance Required:
  
  Active Secret | CV Enrollment Current in DISS
• Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship Required

• Full-Time (40 hrs./wk.): $90,000 – $115,000/yr.
• Part-Time (20 hrs./wk.): $44 – $55/hr. (~$45,760 – $57,200 annualized)

Ranges reflect the Hawaii/Oahu cleared labor market and Hawaii's cost‑of‑living premium relative to the continental U.S. This position is offered as a 1099 Independent Contractor engagement and does not include employee benefits.

OSAAVA Services is a Service‑Disabled Veteran‑Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) specializing in Space, Cybersecurity, and IT Service Management for the U.S. government and defense community. We are committed to placing the right people in the right roles — and to supporting cleared professionals throughout their careers.

OSAAVA Services is seeking Junior to Journeyman Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) at Joint Base Pearl Harbor‑Hickam, Hawaii. You will apply software engineering and systems operations disciplines to maintain the reliability, availability, and performance of mission‑critical infrastructure — deploying software, operating within Git Ops workflows, running on‑call SOPs, and responding to incidents in a classified DoD environment.

• Monitor production system health, availability, and performance across classified DoD infrastructure
• Define, implement, and track SLIs and SLOs to maintain operational standards
• Respond to and triage system incidents; conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective actions
• Build and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting pipelines (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, or equivalent)

• Deploy software and manage releases within a Git Ops framework
• Utilize Git Lab for version control, CI/CD pipeline management, and operational workflows
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Git Lab CI, or equivalent)
• Implement and maintain infrastructure‑as‑code (IaC) solutions using Terraform or Ansible
• Automate system patching, configuration management, and deployment processes

• Execute on‑call SOPs including application health checks and system monitoring
• Troubleshoot operational issues and escalate to engineering support as needed
• Develop and maintain automation scripts in Python, Bash, or Power Shell to reduce manual toil

• Operate and harden Linux (RHEL preferred) and Windows Server environments in compliance with DoD STIGs
• Support RMF accreditation activities and maintain compliance with NIST 800‑53 security controls
• Perform STIG compliance scans and assist with remediation in classified environments
• Enforce security policies and configuration baselines across managed systems

• Resolve Incident, Work Order, Task, and Change requests via Service Now
• Collaborate with Tier III engineering, network, and cybersecurity teams on escalated issues
• Maintain technical documentation including runbooks, SOPs, and system architecture diagrams
• Participate in post‑incident reviews and continuous improvement initiatives

• Active DoD Secret clearance with CV enrollment current in DISS
• 1–5 years of experience in site reliability engineering, systems administration, Dev Ops, or IT operations
• Experience deploying software and operating within a Git Ops/Git Lab environment
• Linux system administration experience (RHEL, CentOS, or equivalent strongly preferred)
• Hands‑on experience writing automation scripts in Python, Bash, or Power Shell
• Working knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios, Splunk, or equivalent)
• Experience with Git‑based version control workflows
• Basic understanding of TCP/IP networking, DNS, VLANs, and firewall concepts
• Ability to access and…